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Making Development Discourse Work in Latin American Indigenous Communities.

Creator

Meyer, Dominique, Program in International Affairs

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This paper examines the discourse of development from the perspective of indigenous communities, and discusses the challenges related to achieving development goals within indigenous communities. This paper provides a critique and background on development discourse, an analysis on the indigenous experience, and discusses ways to implement alternative development strategies in indigenous communities.

Date Issued

2012

Identifier

FSU_migr_uhm-0074

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Regional Integration in South America: A Comprehensive Analysis Towards a New Wave of Integration.

Creator

Acosta, Jesid, Program in International Affairs

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This thesis deals with regional integration in South America. The intent of this thesis is to help explain the new wave of integration in the region through an internal perspective of its particular circumstances. Utilizing integration theories, historical analyses and institutional comparisons through the use of standardized methods of fair evaluation we investigate the important characteristics of South American regionalism. To give the reader a greater understanding of the complexity of... Show moreThis thesis deals with regional integration in South America. The intent of this thesis is to help explain the new wave of integration in the region through an internal perspective of its particular circumstances. Utilizing integration theories, historical analyses and institutional comparisons through the use of standardized methods of fair evaluation we investigate the important characteristics of South American regionalism. To give the reader a greater understanding of the complexity of regional integration attempts in the region we take a comprehensive approach to the many sub-regional attempts in the past: how they started, their goals and their current status. From this approach we draw some lessons for the future of regional integration in South America. Show less

Date Issued

2013

Identifier

FSU_migr_uhm-0156

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Culture, Healing, and Medicine in Amazonian Ecuador.

Creator

Gopal, Punam, Department of Anthropology

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The intention of this paper is to shed light on the cultural practices utilized by Napo Kichwa people of Amazonian Ecuador, and how these practices contribute to their overall views of health. As I will show, Kichwa speakers view their cultural practices as integral to leading a healthy life that is achieved by combining Western medicine, Kichwa values and healing practices. Napo Kichwa people, as I will show, follow a pragmatic approach to maintaining health and well-being.

Date Issued

2014

Identifier

FSU_migr_uhm-0406

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Cool but Correct: Humanitarian Discourse and the US Justification for Intervention in Chile.

Creator

Forehand, Kristen D., Department of History

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Intervening to supposedly protect human rights constitutes a potent justification for foreign involvement, but how humanitarian discourse became critical to the United States' (US) foreign policy remains poorly studied. I argue that humanitarian discourse, while present in the Spanish-American War of 1898, became essential to the US during the Cold War. Rationalizing the 1973 overthrow of the democratically elected socialist Chilean President Salvador Allende, the US relied on anticommunist... Show moreIntervening to supposedly protect human rights constitutes a potent justification for foreign involvement, but how humanitarian discourse became critical to the United States' (US) foreign policy remains poorly studied. I argue that humanitarian discourse, while present in the Spanish-American War of 1898, became essential to the US during the Cold War. Rationalizing the 1973 overthrow of the democratically elected socialist Chilean President Salvador Allende, the US relied on anticommunist rhetoric joined with accusations that Allende violated Chileans' rights. However, the overthrow led to a brutal dictatorship. Thus, the thesis interrogates primary sources such as declassified government documents, speeches, memoirs, films, murals and music to discover hidden meanings. It employs the methodology of subaltern history as articulated by Ranajit Guha to investigate sources contrapuntally. Therefore, the thesis sheds light on the vaguely understood connection between imperialism and humanitarian intervention. The thesis utilizes a theoretical prism informed by Walter Benjamin, Slavoj Žižek and David Smith to understand how language can justify humanitarian intervention. Finally, the thesis adds to Latin American history and the history humanitarian intervention, specifically the scholarly works of Peter Kornbluh, Steve J. Stern and James Peck. I argue that the US manufactured rhetoric to gain approval for policies that would have otherwise been opposed. Following the Cold War, anticommunist justifications for intervention became less prevalent. However, humanitarian discourse continues. In many cases, the language becomes a façade for less noble reasons to intervene. Thus, Chile continues to provide a model for intervention in the name of protecting human rights. Show less

Date Issued

2015

Identifier

FSU_migr_uhm-0556

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Title

Reasons for the Dark to Be Afraid.

Creator

Ruiz, Daniel, Department of English

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The poems and translations in this thesis explore the "three strong voices" that poet Federico García Lorca believes the artist should heed: "the voice of death, with all its foreboding, the voice of love and the voice of art." The sequence of these poems is meant to reflect the poetic speaker's interactions with these voices. Three of the four sections are named after iconic paintings by Salvador Dali and Pablo Picasso, and the poems in each of these sections indirectly reflect the concepts... Show moreThe poems and translations in this thesis explore the "three strong voices" that poet Federico García Lorca believes the artist should heed: "the voice of death, with all its foreboding, the voice of love and the voice of art." The sequence of these poems is meant to reflect the poetic speaker's interactions with these voices. Three of the four sections are named after iconic paintings by Salvador Dali and Pablo Picasso, and the poems in each of these sections indirectly reflect the concepts these works present in an attempt to create a dialogue between the written and visual arts. The two works by Dali are The Persistence of Memory and The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory, and the development from the former, which is the second section, to the latter, which is the fourth, is supposed to suggest the interaction between a poet and his or her influences as they work to develop their own unique style, playing at the binary between originality and influence. The title section of the collection is an exploration into the search for truth and originality within this binary—the "irreconcilable feud" between a young artist and a poetic tradition that began thousands of years ago. Show less

This dissertation investigates the origins and development of a novel communal art form called pasacalle that is associated with the district of Villa El Salvador on the outskirts of Peru's coastal capital city, Lima. The main performers of pasacalle in Villa El Salvador (VES) are youth of rural Andean descent. Most are second generation Limeños whose parents immigrated to the city from the Andean highlands. They belong to a community that has always existed on the lower rungs of Limeño... Show moreThis dissertation investigates the origins and development of a novel communal art form called pasacalle that is associated with the district of Villa El Salvador on the outskirts of Peru's coastal capital city, Lima. The main performers of pasacalle in Villa El Salvador (VES) are youth of rural Andean descent. Most are second generation Limeños whose parents immigrated to the city from the Andean highlands. They belong to a community that has always existed on the lower rungs of Limeño society in terms of socioeconomic status and political agency. The genre of pasacalle, driven by a novel Afro-Brazilian-derived drum music, batucada, has become central to their expressive culture. Pasacalle drumming is not just a form of performance art and entertainment, but also a vehicle for solidifying communal bonds, resisting hegemony and marginalization, asserting rights and power, fighting racism, and mediating the complex sociocultural admixture of localized identity, pride in Andean heritage, aspirations for upward mobility within Limeño society, and expressions of a particular brand of cosmopolitan internationalism that defines contemporary life in Villa El Salvador. It is to the exploration of such issues that this dissertation is addressed. Show less

Date Issued

2014

Identifier

FSU_migr_etd-9223

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Title

Reyita, Sencillamente and Canción De Rachel: Representations of Cuban Women in Testimonial Literature.

Creator

Contreras, Stephanie Lynn, Gomariz, José, Fernández, Roberto G., Munro, Martin, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Modern Languages and... Show moreContreras, Stephanie Lynn, Gomariz, José, Fernández, Roberto G., Munro, Martin, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics Show less

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Testimonial literature is essential in order to understand the development of a Latin American Identity --it captures and manifests the epistemological and metaphysical difficulties that challenge the notion of identity and have complicated its development. It presents the perpetual debate between allowing the Other to speak and not to speak. Compelled to understand the densities of this debate, I analyze the testomonies of two women who struggle to define their beliefs and live according to... Show moreTestimonial literature is essential in order to understand the development of a Latin American Identity --it captures and manifests the epistemological and metaphysical difficulties that challenge the notion of identity and have complicated its development. It presents the perpetual debate between allowing the Other to speak and not to speak. Compelled to understand the densities of this debate, I analyze the testomonies of two women who struggle to define their beliefs and live according to their cultural values in twentieth century Cuba --as it proves difficult to escape the constraints constructed and imposed by patriarchal society. I study the strategies they adopt to resist the hegemonic order of their society; and intend to demonstrate how they construct their gender identity and assert their agency throughout the course of their testimonies. The texts used throughout my analysis are Daisy Rubiera Castillo's Reyita, sencillamente and Miguel Barnet's Canción de Rachel. Reyita, was an Afro-Cuban woman living an impoverished life in Cuba; and Rachel, was a vedette who performed in the renowned stage of Havana's Alhambra. Both narratives prove to be essential for their economic, cultural, historical, political and literary relevance. And, as argued by Raphael Dalleo in Caribbean Literature and the Public Sphere, these narratives can be used as true gauges of the country's social and political activities of the time (186). Show less

Latin America has historically sustained political, economic, and social upheaval, creating a vacuum of patriarchal power dynamics indicative of gender violence. These dynamics are reflected in personal and political trauma narratives. The connection between trauma, language, and narrative is complex; however, psychological research demonstrates that narrative memory helps heal and process grief and trauma. The non-verbal expression of affect often manifests in physiological expressions,... Show moreLatin America has historically sustained political, economic, and social upheaval, creating a vacuum of patriarchal power dynamics indicative of gender violence. These dynamics are reflected in personal and political trauma narratives. The connection between trauma, language, and narrative is complex; however, psychological research demonstrates that narrative memory helps heal and process grief and trauma. The non-verbal expression of affect often manifests in physiological expressions, reflecting one's psychological and emotional status. In conjunction with affect theory and trauma theory, narratives provide additional insight to human experiences and processes when placed within their cultural context and history. In this dissertation, analysis of Pedro Páramo and "I'm your horse in the night" focuses on the role of memory and imagination in surviving circumstances of oppressive gender violence. Additionally, issues represented in The Boy Kings of Texas further the discussion of gender violence directed not only towards women and girls, but also men and boys. The themes of Camila, The Official Story and In the Time of the Butterflies offer additional perspective to trauma as they address the consequences of analyzed and expressed trauma and the necessary element of truth-telling to not only individual but collective trauma narratives. The discussion of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents address repercussions of suppressed traumatic memories within the context of buildingsroman taking into consideration both the physiological and psychological effects of gender violence. Finally, Backyard and The Secret in Their Eyes are texts that further explore the detrimental consequences of extreme gender violence, such as femicide, and the necessary element of truth-telling in trauma narratives not only for purposes of justice and grieving but as the starting point of surviving, coping, and healing from trauma both in the individual and collective sense. Analyzing the characters and themes within these texts of various genres through psychological, sociological, and historical lenses allows for a more complete understanding of how trauma narratives function as agents of change concerning trauma and shame and its relationship with gender violence in the context of Latin American cultures. Show less

Date Issued

2017

Identifier

FSU_2017SP_Wilson_fsu_0071E_13695

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Title

Music Therapy with Immigrants from Spanish Speaking Countries: A Survey of Families' Perspectives and Experiences of Music Therapy for Their Loved Ones in Hospice Care.

As the need for multicultural awareness continues to grow, it becomes prevalent in a music therapist career to incorporate music interventions that address diverse culturally based populations. This research paper investigates music therapy with Hispanic immigrants within the United States. It gives information on the culture of this population, their experiences and perspectives of the health care profession, including music therapy, and genres of music that have originated from them.

Date Issued

2017

Identifier

FSU_2017SP_McQueen_fsu_0071N_13654

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La Danza Bugabita: The History and Performance of Los Moros y Cristianos from Spain to the Municipality of Bugaba, Panamá.

This dissertation centers on la danza Bugabita, a rural Panamanian dance-drama expression of los moros y cristianos. It documents, analyzes, and contextualizes the music, text, choreography, and history of the festival, bringing together various types of investigation in an attempt to unpack the complex, dynamic meanings intertwined in its performance. In order to facilitate a theoretical and methodological approach that accounts for the multifaceted avenues of inquiry undertaken in the... Show moreThis dissertation centers on la danza Bugabita, a rural Panamanian dance-drama expression of los moros y cristianos. It documents, analyzes, and contextualizes the music, text, choreography, and history of the festival, bringing together various types of investigation in an attempt to unpack the complex, dynamic meanings intertwined in its performance. In order to facilitate a theoretical and methodological approach that accounts for the multifaceted avenues of inquiry undertaken in the investigation of this dance-drama, I apply Renée Jacqueline Alexander's concept of "prism." In her study, Alexander applies the trope of prism to the polyvalent Panamanian identity formation that allows for the "malleability, hybridity and fluidity within their plural identities." Her model can be applied to la danza Bugabita, as it is a protean tradition that is in flux and can also be described as hybrid and malleable, both historically and contemporarily. To view la danza Bugabita through a prism, each chapter is positioned to function as a distinct refraction of the transmedial dance-drama, marking a specific framework that has impacted the tradition as it currently exists. All chapters refract each other and the overall topic, individually bringing into focus different facets and angles that allow for interplay among its themes through time and space. This approach brings the past into the present and builds connections between the diversity of perspectives as they reveal the history and performance of la danza Bugabita. As such, there is necessarily a lot of movement of chronological timeframe, geographical place, and themes between the chapters. The movements and intersections of these concepts throughout this study are organized in such a way as to ease the tension between chronology and theme, and, in many ways, reflect the way in which I became familiar with the material. In observance of the trope of prism, each chapter has a sharply focused perspective with defined frameworks to address the questions and issues that it explores. The opening chapter establishes a historical precedent and foundation of los moros y cristianos and its study, further explaining the various contemporary critical theory frameworks and diverse methodologies used in each facet of the "Bugabita prism." The second chapter reframes the historiography of the "New World" and its use of this dance-drama, which confounds the distinction between center and periphery, as I contend that peripheral areas are not marginal to the stories that matter in the larger global projections of history. The third chapter presents an ethnographic exploration of the festival that weaves together various source materials to build an integrated narrative of the dialogue, music, and choreography that is attentive to long-term processes of change. The fourth chapter corrects a misconception that conflates the local version with the Chanson de Roland. I place it in a new literary framework by tracing its textual source, and then illuminating the cultural implications that arise from this literature chain that deal with emergent ideas of race, ethnicity, religion, and identity, and its dissemination and propagation throughout the Iberian colonies. The fifth chapter brings together themes from the preceding chapters in a case study of one particular piece of material culture, la pollera, in order to contribute to the understanding of the place of la danza Bugabita within its specific historical conjecture. I disentangle themes of gender, sexuality, and race found within the tension between representations of the body and the live body in performance to demonstrate how music, dancing, and performance bring prior constructions of race and gender roles into question. The final chapter synthesizes conclusions about the history and performance of los moros y cristianos and traces its trajectory from Spain to the municipality of Bugaba, Panamá. Show less

Date Issued

2015

Identifier

FSU_migr_etd-9424

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Thesis

Title

Sojourn to the Sun God: Places of Emergence and Movement in Mixtec Codices.

Mixtec codices are sacred books folded like accordions and composed of strips of deer hide or fig-tree bark that visually narrate activities of deities, supernatural culture heroes, and the actions and genealogies of historical Mixtec kings and queens who wanted to emulate them. Recorded in a pictographic writing system, Mixtec codices are cultural artifacts that offer the viewer glimpses of the complex and layered representations of a specific people from particular places during the... Show moreMixtec codices are sacred books folded like accordions and composed of strips of deer hide or fig-tree bark that visually narrate activities of deities, supernatural culture heroes, and the actions and genealogies of historical Mixtec kings and queens who wanted to emulate them. Recorded in a pictographic writing system, Mixtec codices are cultural artifacts that offer the viewer glimpses of the complex and layered representations of a specific people from particular places during the Postclassic epoch of Mesoamerica. A salient part of these visualized narratives is the act of travel. In Mixtec codices, travel typically begins with the physical act of emergence of a substance, being, or historical figure. Emergence is a visual point of departure for various narratives that pulsate with ongoing movement that we are here defining as travel itself, as the itinerant traversing of place, as the formation of visual trails in the landscape and in the narrative display and reading of the pages in Mixtec codices. Travel is repeated as a conceptual, visual, and performative trope throughout Mesoamerica in various media produced by distinct ethnic groups and communities with various levels of power in the wider webs of Mesoamerican praxis. Travel in the Mixtec codices connects to the incipient founding of community, to the contemporary people, place, and cultural rhythms of communal, ritual life. Through the visual narratives recorded in the codices, an understanding of Mixtec identity, memory, and therefore history is linked to specific places through specific actions such as emergence from and travel to points of origin. By examining such visually codified narratives, this dissertation posits that Mixtec ethnogeographies of travel form part of recording a community’s identity and its connection to place. Show less

Date Issued

2017

Identifier

FSU_FALL2017_Schaeffer_fsu_0071E_14163

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Thesis

Title

Constructing a Historiography of Mexican Women and Gender.

Creator

Buck Kachaluba, Sarah A.

Abstract/Description

This article outlines the historiographical importance of the International Colloquium of Women's and Gender History in Mexico, particularly in the context of the author's own scholarship, especially her dissertation. It argues for the need for women's and gender history, and for a dialogue, by means of which these separate but related bodies of scholarship can inform the other. It includes a summary of the author's dissertation and its theoretical influences, a review of historical topics... Show moreThis article outlines the historiographical importance of the International Colloquium of Women's and Gender History in Mexico, particularly in the context of the author's own scholarship, especially her dissertation. It argues for the need for women's and gender history, and for a dialogue, by means of which these separate but related bodies of scholarship can inform the other. It includes a summary of the author's dissertation and its theoretical influences, a review of historical topics discussed at the first two conferences of the International Colloquium of Women's and Gender History, and a discussion of the historiographical implications of such developments. Show less